The vegetation of wet creek bottom communities present at the headwaters or along the margins of creeks in eastern Texas was analyzed using the plot method. A polar ordination of the 20 communities resulted in a northern group and a southern group. The northern group was characterized by Magnolia virginiana and Nyssa sylvatica as overstory dominants with a shrub layer composed primarily of Myrica heterophylla, Alnus serrulata, and Itea virginica. The southern group was dominated by Nyssa sylvatica and Magnolia virginiana in the overstory with a shrub layer of Cyrilla racemiflora and Ilex coriacea. Smilax laurifolia was an important vine in both groups. Although species diversity and evenness values were generally high for all communities, the northern group had significantly higher diversity and evenness values than the southern group.